Personal Statements

[Dr.TurkandJD]

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Hey Guys, I just wanted to ask a quick question and get some advice.

I am applying to MD and DO schools, DO being my top choice (CCOM). I wrote a PS for my back up plan, a caribbean school and it came out to be ~3 pages, 7200 characters. I read on the boards that DO's PS should be at 4500. Does anyone know the MD limit?

Also, in my PS, I write about volunteering, shadowing, research, family, growing up and overcoming hardships. What would you recommend to keep and to get rid of to get to 4500 words?

thanks!

 

[dntke1518]

Allopathic PS is around 5300 (results from a quick google search). If you are going to take anything out... take out family (unless you have a physician in the fam), growing up and research. You can always add tid bits about those in with other topics (really alot of the stuff you mentioned could also).